Category:Commerce

“	Buy low, sell high! This is the number one principle of trading. You purchase trade goods and sell them to other towns.	„
—Goblin Trade Helper

Basic Information

Current Season
Baltane Season 1
November 7^th, 2024 - March 6^th, 2025

Commerce is a system that utilizes a unique form currency known as Ducats to purchase specialized goods to sell for profits via transporting them between the towns of Erinn, while avoiding being ambushed by bandits, who aim to steal the player's goods. Players can use their profits to purchase or rent improved transportation methods which have increased speed or load-bearing capabilities.

A successful trade will merit the player Ducats, EXP, Gold, Merchant Rating for the town the goods originated from, Seasonal Commerce Score, and skill training experience for Commerce Mastery.

The reward is relative to the selling price of the goods in question.

Generally players will make more profit if they travel farther. However, the Bandits will become more powerful as well, so players must be more cautious to avoid them.

Fast Travel, such as Moongates and Mana Tunnels cannot be used while transporting goods, and as such cross-continental travel must be done via sailing between the various ports of Erinn.

Players can form Merchant Groups, allowing them to transport special goods as a party, either by land or via Airship.
- These goods have limited quantities which reset each Saturday at 7:00 AM Server Time.
Trading goods from Beach of Scathach, Karu Forest, Connous Oasis, Lake Calida, and Zardine Beach are bartered for materials instead of Ducats.
- These goods have limited quantities which reset each Saturday at 7:00 AM Server Time.

Rewards

The Ducats earned correspond to Original price + Profit + Commerce Mastery Bonus.
The EXP obtained is calculated as: floor(sqrt(Single Item Profit * Single Item Weight)) * Item Quantity * 30 * (1 + Commerce Mastery Bonus + Guarantee Bonus)
The Gold and Merchant Rating is equal to Total profit + Commerce Mastery Bonus.
The Seasonal Commerce score is calculated as: insert math here

The trading interface.
Status message when beginning commerce.

Trading

From left to right, at most trading posts, you will find the NPCs responsible for the following:

Transportation Helpers, filled in by Ogre Transport Helpers in Uladh and Belvast, from which you can buy Commerce Transportation mounts;
Commerce Helpers, filled in by Goblin Trade Helpers in Uladh and Belvast, from whom you may buy and sell Commerce Goods to;
Traders, filled in by Trade Assistant Imps in Uladh and Belvast, with whom you can exchange Bandit Badges, buy limited goods, and

Ambushes and Robberies

If a player is ambushed by a Bandit, they will automatically drop their goods. Once all the bandits are defeated, commerce continues as normal.

You can pick up your goods by pressing your hotkey for mounting a Pet (Default: "R").
Players who are robbed can have their stolen assets recovered by capturing the Outlaw that robbed them.

Seasonal Commerce Ranking

Players who perform a lot of commerce will increase their rank and be placed on a seasonal leaderboard.
At the end of each season players will be granted reward based on their score, such as a Seasonal 2nd Title, Precise Reforging Tools, and Rebirth Potions.

Trade Goods

Each town's Trading Post has their own stock of unique goods, which can be sold at other Trading Posts across Erinn.
The prices of these goods change dynamically depending on supply and demand. At every even hour real-time (PST), rare Limited Quantity goods will restock that sell for a high price.
Prices do not reset during a maintenance or update.
- Stock and prices do not vary per channel.

Penalties

If you log-off, or disconnect during traveling, you will be able to resume when you log in, however you will lose 10% of original amount of goods.
- This counts as bandits stealing your goods.
- Players with Premium Service do not suffer this penalty.

Forfeiting Commerce

You may forfeit the transport anytime by clicking the "Stop" button on the top right corner.
You will lose 25% of the Seasonal Ducats that went into your goods.
The stock of the Trading Post you purchased goods from will be restored.
- When forfeiting a transport that includes bartered goods or merchant group goods, any items originally used for the trade are not returned and exchange limits are not restored.

Gameplay Limitations

Once your goods are loaded, the following occurs:
- You may not engage any form of combat nor use skills while you are holding the goods.
- Your damage output is reduced by 50%.
  - The damage over time from Poison Attack, Mirage Missile, Dischord, and Puppet's Snare are unaffected by the damage reduction.
- You will be unable to enter the Housing Channel, any Homestead, Solea, or any "indoor" location.
- All types of Pets and Partners, excluding Pets and Partners with unique Commerce bonuses, will automatically be de-summoned, and cannot be summoned while commercing.
- If you enter an active Field Raid zone, any commerce partners present will be automatically unsummonned.
  - If your Partner runs out of time or is unsummoned you will not lose any goods but you will not be able to resummon them.
  - Alpaca pets are not kept summoned during Commerce, unlike Partners.
- All methods of Fast Travel become non-functional until the trade is completed.
- You cannot use the Auction House.
- You cannot Joust; doing so will cause an auto-fail when you enter the arena, and glitch you inside.
  - This can be remedied by changing channels or relogging.
- You cannot partake in the Fashion Show while you are trading.
  - Attempting to take the runway will cause an error of registration and prevent anybody from participating in the Fashion Contest for that channel.
When engaging in commerce and traversing Longa Desert, the game will prevent you from falling into the Connous Underground Maze.

Seasonal Score

getScore:floor(((sellingPrice-originalPrice)*quantity)/17)

Seasonal Commerce Score Calculator Input Prices and Quantity, Auto-Calculates Score
Original Price	name=originalPrice;default=0
Selling Price	name=sellingPrice;default=0
Quantity	name=quantity;default=0
Score : formula=getScore;

getScore:floor(((sellingPrice)*quantity)/34)

Barter Seasonal Commerce Score Calculator Input Value and Quantity, Auto-Calculates Score
Selling Price	name=sellingPrice;default=0
Quantity	name=quantity;default=0
Score : formula=getScore;

Trivia

According to the Trade Assistant Imp, the Falias Artifacts found in the shop were actually stolen from Falias.
While controlling the Wagon and Sled, the player takes control of the Horses and Lead Dogs respectively, similar to riding the Alaskan Husky, Malamute and Reindeer pets with the ability to sled in snow.
According to Eochaid's comments during An Unremembered Dream, Baby Potions are actually just fruit juice.
Elvan Eggs are a Korean baked egg found in Korean Spas (called 찜질방 - jjimjilbang). They are traditionally made on (and get their name from) a type of quartz-porphyry stone (called 맥반석- maekbanseok, literally wheat/barley rice stone).